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(No Model.)

B. G. LATTA.

, HAME. No. 269,071.

Patented Dec. 12, 1882.

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EMMIT Gr. LATTA, OF FRIENDSHIP, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIBDS TOQ'ADRIAN G. LATTA, OF SAME PLACE, AND HARVEY D. BLAKESLEE,

OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 269,071, dated December 12, 1882.

Application filed May 31, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMMIT G. LATTA, of Friendship, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented a. new'and useful Improvement in Hames, ot' which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a strong and durable hame which is neat in appearance, and which can be constructed at to moderate expense, and which is convenient in use.

My invention consists of the peculiar construction of the upper portion of the hame; also, of the peculiar means whereby the upper hame-strap is adjustably'attached to the hame,

and of the peculiar construction of the loop at the lower end of the hame to which the lower hame-strap is attached, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hame provided with my improvements. Figs.2 and 3 are sectional elevations of the top portion of the hame at right angles to each other. Fig. 4 is a crosssection in line :20 :20, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the metallic filling arranged between the back-strap and the lining at the upper end of the hame. Figs. 6 and 7 are elevations at right angles to each other of the plate 0 to which the upper hame-strap is adjustably attached. Fig. 8 represents the loop which is used in connection with said plate. Figs.9 and 10 are elevations at right angles to each other, illustrating a modified construction of said plate; and Fig. ll represents the loop which is used in connection with said modified plate. Fig. 12 is a front elevation of the lower hame-loop. Fig. 13 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 14 is a side elevation, and Fig. 15 a front elevation, showing a modification of said lower hame-loop.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the wooden body of the hame; 5 A, the metallicback-strap, secured tothe outer side of the body A; and A the metallic lining secured to the inner side thereof.

B represents a metallic frame or open skeleton casting, which is arranged between the upper ends of the back-strap A and lining A, above the upper end of the wooden body A and which forms a continuation of the latter, having the proper curvature to give the hame a neat-appearance. The frame or top casting, B, consists of two side plates, 1) b, which fit be tween the metallic back-strap A and lining A and which are connected by a transverse web or rib, b, constructed with suitable openings to render the casting light. The frame B is provided at its upper end with a stud, b, to which is attached a cap, ball, or button, B, which surrounds the extreme upper end of the hame, formed by the metallic back-strap A, the lining A and the frame B. The cap B is attached to the stud b by neans of a screwthread, as shown in the drawings, or-by riveting, or in any other suitable manner. The lower end of the frame B is fitted over the upper end of the wooden body A, and is riveted to the same in heavy hames. The edges of the side plates, b b, of the frame B overlap the edges of the metallic back-strap A and lining A and are provided with offsets or shoulders b which hold the back strap and lining in place, as clearly represented in Fig. 4. This construction avoids the bending of the upper end of the wooden body of the hame and the forging of the metallic back-strap and lining,

which are in my improved hame of the same form throughout their entire length, and forms a light and strong hame-top which is very simple in construction and neat in appearance.

0 represents a loop to which the upperhamestrap is attached, which connects the upper ends of both hames.

D represents a plate secured to the outer side of the hame, and designed to hold the loop G in one of several positions, so that the loop can be placed lower down or .higher up on the hame, as may be desired. The plate D is provided on its'inner side with ribs or projections d, which rest against the outer side of the hame, and which form several openings, cl, through either of which the hame-strap may be drawn if the loop 0 should be broken or lost. The plate D is provided between each pair of projections d with a contracted portion, W, and the loop 0 is provided at its outer end with a corresponding]y-contracted portion, 0, which fits over the contracted portion 01 of the plate, while the main portion of the loop is made large enough to pass around the hame. When the loop 0 is in place on the plate D, as represented in Fig. 1, and the haine-strap is applied to the inner bar of the loop, the outer contracted portion, 0, of the loop is engaged over one of the contracted portions d of the plate, and the loop is thereby held against vertical movement on the plate. Upon disconnecting the hame-strap from the loop the latter can be moved outward far enough to disengage its contracted portion from the plate D, when the loop can be freely raised on the plate and adjusted to any desired position.

In the modified construction of the loop represented in Fig. 11 the loop is provided on the outer side of its contracted portion a with an auxiliary loop,-c, which is wide enough to pass over the largest portion of the plate D, so that when the loop is applied to the plate the contracted portion 0 of the loop will pass inwardly beyond the contracted portion of the plate and bear against the inner sides of the widest portion of the plate between the ribs (1 thereof, and thereby hold the loop in position on the plate in the absence of the hame-strap.

This loop is intended to be used in connection with the plate, in which the sides of the wide and contracted portions are parallel to each other, as represented in Fig. 10. The outer surface of the plate D is perfectly smooth, and does not wear the reins.

J represents a'loop secured to the lower end of the hame for attaching the lower hame-strap thereto. This loop is constructed with two flanges,jj, which fit between the edges of the lower portions of the back-strap A and lining A on both sides of the lower end of the wooden body A of the hame. This loop is secured to the latter by a rivet, K, passing through the fiangesj and the lower end of the body A.

If desired, the loop may be provided with a transverse rib or web, 1, connecting the side cured to these Webs by a rivet, 'm, as clearly represented in Figs. 14. and 15.

The loop, constructed as above described, confines or incases, together with the lower parts of the back-strap A and'lining A the lower end of the wooden body of the hame and prevents the same from splitting, and forms a neat finish for the lower end of the hame and a se-' cure means for attachingthelowerhame-strap.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the wooden body A and metallic back-strap A and lining A of the metallic frame B, secured between the back strap and the lining above the wooden body, and constructed with side plates, 11 l), fitted between or against the edges of the backstrap and lining, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the body A, backstrap A, and lining A, of the frame B, constructed with side plates, 1) 1;, provided with offsets or shoulders I) for the reception of'the edges of the back-strap and lining, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the body A, backstrap A, and lining A of the frame B, interposed between the back-strap and lining, and a cap,B,which incloses the upper ends of the back-strap, lining, and frame, and whereby these parts are secured together, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the back-strap A and lining A of the frame B, arranged between the same, and provided at its upper end with a stud, b and a cap, B, secured to said stud,and confiningthe upperends of the backstrap, lining, and frame, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a hamc, of a plate, D, provided with contracted portions d and a loop, (J, constructed with a contracted portion, 0, adapted to fit over the contracted portions of the plate D, substantially as set forth.

6. In a hame,the eombination,witl1 the body A, back-strap A, and lining A of a loop, J, provided with side flanges,j, fitted between the edges of the back-strap and lining, substantially as set forth.

EMMIT G. LATTA.

Witnesses:

S. M. NORTON, 0. F. VINCENT. 

